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by Progressive Management
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2016
This excellent report has been professionally converted for accurate flowing-text e-book format reproduction. Police officers working in countries plagued by drug trafficking are often offered a choice between "plata o plomo" ("silver or lead"). Given this option, it is not surprising that levels...
Our Own Backyard
The United States in Central America, 1977-1992
Language: English
Release Date: November 18, 2009
In this remarkable and engaging book, William LeoGrande offers the first comprehensive history of U.S. foreign policy toward Central America in the waning years of the Cold War. From the overthrow of the Somoza dynasty in Nicaragua and the outbreak of El Salvador's civil war in the late 1970s to the...
by Camilo Henríquez
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2012
3 Obras de Camilo Henríquez Sacerdote, escritor, político y héroe de la Independencia de Chile (1769-1825)
Este libro electrónico presenta una colección de 3 Obras de Camilo Henríquez en texto completo. Un índice interactivo permite acceder...
Butterflies Will Burn
Prosecuting Sodomites in Early Modern Spain and Mexico
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2010
As Spain consolidated its Empire in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, discourses about the perfect Spanish man or "Vir" went hand-in-hand with discourses about another kind of man, one who engaged in the "abominable crime and sin against nature"—sodomy. In both Spain and Mexico, sodomy came...
Hemispheric Giants
The Misunderstood History of U.S.-Brazilian Relations
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2011
Tracing the full arc of U.S.-Brazilian interaction, Hemispheric Giants thoroughly explores the enigmatic and often-misunderstood nature of the relationship between the two largest countries in the Western Hemisphere. Britta H. Crandall asks the crucial question of why significant engagement between...
by Brian Burke
Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 2018
What's it like living in Mexico? It seems like a simple enough question; often asked, rarely well answered. Because Mexico is much more than just a warm sunny climate where you can beach every day if you want. For many of us, Mexico is hope. It's hope for a less complicated, simpler life, hope that...
by Tatiani Loro
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2013
This pocket guide was especially developed for the World Youth Day 2013. You will learn about the origins of Catholicism in Brazil and Rio de Janeiro, a city's profile, Rio de Janeiro’s culture, the main tourist points, the most important churches and beaches of the city. This guide also has...
by Chris Backe
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2016
Ready to make the most of your time in Medellin?
Stop endlessly researching or reading online reviews to figure out where you should go. Instead, learn about what's worthy from an experienced travel blogger.
Colombia's most dynamic and most improved city has plenty to see and do, but...
by William J. Conaway
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2008
A 28 page coffee table style guidebook of the Surrealist Sculture garden of Edward James with lots of full-color pictures.
by Tiki Travel
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2012
Saint Martin Travel Guide - Tiki Travel
The Tiki Travel guides use the text from WikiTravel.org, a complete and reliable worldwide travel guide written and edited by Wikitravellers from around the globe. An active table of contents enables users to jump directly to the section selected....
The Expediency of Culture
Uses of Culture in the Global Era
Language: English
Release Date: January 2, 2004
The Expediency of Culture is a pioneering theorization of the changing role of culture in an increasingly globalized world. George Yúdice explores critically how groups ranging from indigenous activists to nation-states to nongovernmental organizations have all come to see culture as a valuable resource...
A Century of Chicano History
Empire, Nations and Migration
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2012
This study argues for a radically new interpretation of the origins and evolution of the ethnic Mexican community across the US. This book offers a definitive account of the interdependent histories of the US and Mexico as well as the making of the Chicano population in America. The authors link history...
Steel Barrio
The Great Mexican Migration to South Chicago, 1915-1940
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2013
Since the early twentieth century, thousands of Mexican Americans have lived, worked, and formed communities in Chicago’s steel mill neighborhoods. Drawing on individual stories and oral histories, Michael Innis-Jiménez tells the story of a vibrant, active community that continues to play a central...
Air Travel
The Insider's Air Travel Guide to The Cheapest Air Travel, Air Travel Regulations, Air Travel Companion Fly in Style, and Air Travel Tips
Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 2013
In this comprehensive air travel guide discover everything you need to know about air travel, the cheapest air travel, air travel regulations, air travel companion fly in style, and other priceless air travel tips.